Did you eat a few too many pigs in blankets on Christmas Day and feel the need to go and get some exercise yesterday to make up for it? Don't worry because you're not alone.

Residents in Grimsby and Cleethorpes run hundreds of miles on Boxing Day to make up for their Christmas meal sins, according to some exclusive figures based on data from last year.

And the figures indicate even more will be pounding the streets of North East Lincolnshire on New Year's Day.

Figures released by app Strava, which is a social network for athletes, revealed that users in the borough went running 172 times on December 26, 2017, covering a total of 791 miles.

People in Grimsby and Cleethorpes lace up their trainers to burn off their Christmas dinner (Image: Getty)

Strava also recorded 103 cycle rides in the area on that day, covering a total of 2,010 miles.

Unsurprisingly, New Year's Day is even more popular with runners and bike-enthusiasts in Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

Strava recorded 336 runs on January 1, 2018, covering a total of 1,545 miles.

There were also 146 bike trips of 2,849 miles in all.

The data shows over the whole of 2018, people in North East Lincolnshire who use Strava ran an average of 121 miles and cycled an average of 572 miles.

How North East Lincolnshire ranks:

According to Strava's Year in Sport Report:

Scotland was the most active country in the UK, with people there doing an average of 31.6 runs each during the year

England had the most enthusiastic cyclists, with an average of 34.7 rides each

Wales was the least active, with an average of 26.7 runs per person and 27.4 rides per person

However this means people in North East Lincolnshire ran less than the UK average of 167 miles each.

In terms of speed, Strava users in our area ran at an average of 6.4 miles an hour, and cycled at an average of 14.5 miles an hour.

The average running speed, nationally, was 6.1 miles an hour, while the average cycling speed was 14.0 miles an hour, meaning people in North East Lincolnshire ran and cycled slightly faster than the national average.